If you have time, this is highly educational about the byzantine complexities of what gets lumped under the umbrella...
If you have time, this is highly educational about the byzantine complexities of what gets lumped under the umbrella of "agriculture" in this country. And it barely gets to touch on some aspects. It is very definitely not an uplifting listen is some ways, but there's important info buried in there.
Example, I was shocked that North Dakota tests their wheat for quality, while Kansas does not. I mean, yes, I eventually thought about it and ok, makes sense from the interesting governmental experiment that Kansas has been. However, I don't know why it didn't occur to me that each state regulates its agriculture, even though there are federal offices and policies.
Meanwhile, I'm thinking if I'm a manufacturer, how can you possibly buy wheat from Kansas? Who knows what kind of flour you will end up with, which means you can't just dump it into a production line and assume you will get consistent food out the other end. (This is based on knowing that protein and other aspects of flour are critical in baking.) Even if whoever mills the flour compensates by blending it, this makes that process much more complicated, and introduces an extra uncontrolled variable. Wheat is like any other agricultural product, it varies by season, weather, location, etc. Somebody has to test it at some point, or who knows what you're getting?
Anyway, agriculture. It's a thing.
http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2018/01/10/trump-agriculture-plan
http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2018/01/10/trump-agriculture-plan
Example, I was shocked that North Dakota tests their wheat for quality, while Kansas does not. I mean, yes, I eventually thought about it and ok, makes sense from the interesting governmental experiment that Kansas has been. However, I don't know why it didn't occur to me that each state regulates its agriculture, even though there are federal offices and policies.
Meanwhile, I'm thinking if I'm a manufacturer, how can you possibly buy wheat from Kansas? Who knows what kind of flour you will end up with, which means you can't just dump it into a production line and assume you will get consistent food out the other end. (This is based on knowing that protein and other aspects of flour are critical in baking.) Even if whoever mills the flour compensates by blending it, this makes that process much more complicated, and introduces an extra uncontrolled variable. Wheat is like any other agricultural product, it varies by season, weather, location, etc. Somebody has to test it at some point, or who knows what you're getting?
Anyway, agriculture. It's a thing.
http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2018/01/10/trump-agriculture-plan
http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2018/01/10/trump-agriculture-plan
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